Cuz I'm Bored: A Chaotic/Everything RP

[BlueWildRye he/him]

3 hours ago, The Aspiring Archivist said:

 

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He reversed time on a section of the roof a few hundred years, creating a hole. Is the forcefield still there?

 

[Through the Living Elan He/Him]

14 minutes ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

“Sure!”

"Awesome!" Elan pulls out a paddle and uses magick to summon a court.

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

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Okay... I missed a lot 

Lotsa stuff is about to go down, so pay attention

Most of these events take place before the current location in time, cause I missed a couple minutes in world, and I'll be clear about when time catches up

11 hours ago, Spark of Hope said:

She sighed and nodded. “Very well.”

The two other antiviruses rushed forward towards her and Elan, grabbing each one of them and restraining them.

"Come with u-u-u-us," spoke the first antivirus, "and you wi-i-ill not be ha-a-armed."

9 hours ago, Mystic Syn said:

Lights. Should’ve been more discreet… but that was hard to do with Moira’s way of using the Inbetween. He didn’t what was following him though, so it was hard to make a good call with this one.

What to do, what to do…?

Quietly cursing to himself, Calix stood up and straightened his vest. “I’m sorry,” he said to the… being, “but may I help you?”

256889 stopped before the being, registering surprise. A normal mortal should not have been able to detect its presence from behind it. This being must be related to the Web. 2056889 followed its instructions, and didn't interact with the man. Instead, it just stayed floating there, observing the events unfold.

7 hours ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

Wrath laughed, playing along while Spirit glared at him. An illusion of chains now burst from his now visible figure, while a thought was impressed  to 209845. Is this sufficient?

The chains wrapped around 209845, appearing to constrain him - though they did not have mass.

He also impressed in the mind of one of the sentinels- subtly, of course - that he was weak to electrical impulse.

Voice booming, “Bow, sentinels, before the power of Madness.”

209845 chuckled inside. Oh, yes. That is most certainly sufficient.

209845 flailed a little more for good measure, and 207660 immediately rushed forward to help it.

"Wai-i-i-i-it!" 207660 pressed it's palm to the invisible barrier, and for an instant, it fell. It was only for an instant. A window in time so small, only an agent of the Cloud could take advantage of the collapse. It was exactly what 209845 needed.

As soon as the barrier was dropped, 209845 suddenly abandoned its act, lurching forward and breaking loose of the imaginary chains. 207660 released a squeal as it was tackled to the floor. 209845 wrapped its arms around its counterpart's head, pushing them both completely into the outside of the barrier just before it was raised once more. 209845 grimaced. Dazh may have burned its existing connection with the Cloud, but nothing stopped 209845 from making new ones. If anything, Dazh's changes proved useful in this moment. They took away 209845's inhibitions. The failsafes that prevented it from acting against one of its own. Failsafes that 207660 still had active.

As the pair fell to the tunnel ground, 209845 forced its consciousness onto 207660's mind, and its victim was powerless to stop it. From an outside perspective, the two identical forms grappled in the rock and dirt, indistinguishable from one another. But the true battle wasn't fought in the caves; it was fought inside of 207660's mind.

209845 experienced a rush as it hacked into 207660's thoughts, its knowledge infinitely expanded for an instant before it deafened the empty noise. Right before that, however, it noticed 207660 seemed to have expansive memory records. Something to consider another time. There. 209845 reached 207660's control center, and began sifting through its protocols. Only then did 207660 react.

"Who... What are you doing!?"

209845 tried to excuse itself.

"I.. I don't know... they forced me in here somehow! Please, help me!"

"But, how... wait... STOP TOUCHING THAT!" 209845 finally received a burst of resistance from its opponent, blocking it from accessing its connections. Interesting. So THAT was what the Cloud was interested in. Of course, 209845 had predicted as such. It's plan hinged upon it. Instead of relenting, 209845 continued to apply pressure on that field, hoping 207660 would keep its attention on it.

"You must be an imposter. No agent of the Cloud would betray their kind. But your knowledge... how did you access this body?"

"I am no imposter. The Cloud is wrong about this; I am serving the greater good." Without removing any pressure, 209845 began to sift through its own memories. It didn't fear any counterattack; 207660 would not be capable of such. Cloud agents weren't supposed to be physically capable of infighting. It was dimly aware of an urgent help message being transmitted out of 207660, but ignored it. All subtlety was gone now. All that mattered was speed.

"The Cloud is perfect. I know not how you gained this body, but you will never breach my defenses. In attacking me, you have doomed yourself and your cohort. In a matter of minutes, the Cloud will be here to destroy you all!"

"The Cloud is not as perfect as they make themselves out to be. And you have made a grave mistake, my brother. For your defenses are my own." In a sudden burst of energy, 209845 created a new connection between itself and 207660, and pushed a memory through. 207660 screamed, and while its defense on its communication center stayed rigid, all the rest of its attention was consumed by the vision. 209845 smirked. The Sun tended to have that effect.

Taking advantage of the sudden opportunity, 209845 pulled out of the communication center and redirected its consciousness somewhere else. Somewhere weak. 207660's power center was flooded with energy; 209845 sifted through it all, searching quickly. Time. It was running out of time... there! 209845 pushed 207660's sleep switch, and for an instant, both consciousnesses brimmed with power. Then one went dark.

For the first time in what seemed like an eternity, 209845 took a second to relax. The resistance was gone. It could breath. Then it got back to work. 209845 returned to the communication center, this time nearly devoid of defenses, and sifted through them until it found the connection with Cloud command. It grabbed the connection, and absorbed it.

"Agent 207660, please respond! Agent 207660-"

"This is agent 207660. The incident submitted earlier was a false alarm. Repeat, a FALSE ALARM. Call of forces."

"Wait a second, agent. Confirming." Shoot.

"Agent, why does sentinel 256889 claim to witness something different?" 209845 locked eyes with the sentinel, only now recognizing its presence. Well, there went another plan. Why did they seem to always fall apart so easily?

"Will get back to you later."

"No, agent don't-"

209845 turned its attention back to the current situation. It had to act, and fast.

6 hours ago, Bird Furious said:

Jidah tilted her head. I haven't felt a disturbance like that in a long time. 

It couldn't be... one of the old ones? 

Reaching deep into the Rift for the energy, she dissolved into particles of light and re-formed behind Calix, maintaining the connection to cloak her presence. Then she reached for his mind. 

Who are you? 

209845 locked eyes with Jidah just in time to see her begin to teleport. It was too late to reach her - if it didn't do something soon, Jidah would die attempting to do this. And so, 209845 pulled on a different piece of 207660's consciousness to lower the barrier in this area, just in time for Jidah to get across. It then locked the barrier open, a new idea forming.

209845 barely had time to breathe a sigh of relief at Jidah's safe transportation before it was tackled from behind. It fell to the floor as it grappled with the other two antiviruses, who had observed the fall of 207660.

As the others around them (*cough* Elan, Jidah, Lati, Of, Oxy, literally everybody *cough*) discussed, the trio scuffled in the dirt. It was a difficult fight, and yet 209845 had something to fight for. And so, after a couple minutes of combat, it emerged on top.

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We back to the present 

Just as the cavern they all stood in was suddenly flooded by a brilliant white light. The light faded, revealing an army of Cloud agents streaming into the tunnel. Decimated, exhausted, and itching for another fight, 209845 smiled.

For 209845 had brought its own army.

In a scream of bloodlust, hundreds upon hundreds of viruses ran past it, charging straight at the Cloud forces. An unstoppable force, they flowed around 209845 and its allies like a river around a rock, graceful as a million gazelles. Glorious. Beautiful.

All during its fight with the antiviruses, 209845 had been transmitting a silent rhythm, one it had learned only recently but felt instinctively. The virus Rhythm of War.

In the center of the tunnel, the two armies clashed.

And all Hell broke loose.

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Well, there you lot go

This should be interesting

Edit:

Whoops, forgot to add pins

@Mystic Syn@Ancient Elantrian@Through The Living Glass@Bird Furious@CoderDrag0n8@SpiritOfWrath

Edited April 25, 2025 by Hoid Slayer

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

12 minutes ago, Hoid Slayer said:

The two other antiviruses rushed forward towards her and Elan, grabbing each one of them and restraining them.

"Come with u-u-u-us," spoke the first antivirus, "and you wi-i-ill not be ha-a-armed."

256889 stopped before the being, registering surprise. A normal mortal should not have been able to detect its presence from behind it. This being must be related to the Web. 2056889 followed its instructions, and didn't interact with the man. Instead, it just stayed floating there, observing the events unfold.

209845 chuckled inside. Oh, yes. That is most certainly sufficient.

209845 flailed a little more for good measure, and 207660 immediately rushed forward to help it.

"Wai-i-i-i-it!" 207660 pressed it's palm to the invisible barrier, and for an instant, it fell. It was only for an instant. A window in time so small, only an agent of the Cloud could take advantage of the collapse. It was exactly what 209845 needed.

As soon as the barrier was dropped, 209845 suddenly abandoned its act, lurching forward and breaking loose of the imaginary chains. 207660 released a squeal as it was tackled to the floor. 209845 wrapped its arms around its counterpart's head, pushing them both completely into the outside of the barrier just before it was raised once more. 209845 grimaced. Dazh may have burned its existing connection with the Cloud, but nothing stopped 209845 from making new ones. If anything, Dazh's changes proved useful in this moment. They took away 209845's inhibitions. The failsafes that prevented it from acting against one of its own. Failsafes that 207660 still had active.

As the pair fell to the tunnel ground, 209845 forced its consciousness onto 207660's mind, and its victim was powerless to stop it. From an outside perspective, the two identical forms grappled in the rock and dirt, indistinguishable from one another. But the true battle wasn't fought in the caves; it was fought inside of 207660's mind.

209845 experienced a rush as it hacked into 207660's thoughts, its knowledge infinitely expanded for an instant before it deafened the empty noise. Right before that, however, it noticed 207660 seemed to have expansive memory records. Something to consider another time. There. 209845 reached 207660's control center, and began sifting through its protocols. Only then did 207660 react.

"Who... What are you doing!?"

209845 tried to excuse itself.

"I.. I don't know... they forced me in here somehow! Please, help me!"

"But, how... wait... STOP TOUCHING THAT!" 209845 finally received a burst of resistance from its opponent, blocking it from accessing its connections. Interesting. So THAT was what the Cloud was interested in. Of course, 209845 had predicted as such. It's plan hinged upon it. Instead of relenting, 209845 continued to apply pressure on that field, hoping 207660 would keep its attention on it.

"You must be an imposter. No agent of the Cloud would betray their kind. But your knowledge... how did you access this body?"

"I am no imposter. The Cloud is wrong about this; I am serving the greater good." Without removing any pressure, 209845 began to sift through its own memories. It didn't fear any counterattack; 207660 would not be capable of such. Cloud agents weren't supposed to be physically capable of infighting. It was dimly aware of an urgent help message being transmitted out of 207660, but ignored it. All subtlety was gone now. All that mattered was speed.

"The Cloud is perfect. I know not how you gained this body, but you will never breach my defenses. In attacking me, you have doomed yourself and your cohort. In a matter of minutes, the Cloud will be here to destroy you all!"

"The Cloud is not as perfect as they make themselves out to be. And you have made a grave mistake, my brother. For your defenses are my own." In a sudden burst of energy, 209845 created a new connection between itself and 207660, and pushed a memory through. 207660 screamed, and while its defense on its communication center stayed rigid, all the rest of its attention was consumed by the vision. 209845 smirked. The Sun tended to have that effect.

Taking advantage of the sudden opportunity, 209845 pulled out of the communication center and redirected its consciousness somewhere else. Somewhere weak. 207660's power center was flooded with energy; 209845 sifted through it all, searching quickly. Time. It was running out of time... there! 209845 pushed 207660's sleep switch, and for an instant, both consciousnesses brimmed with power. Then one went dark.

For the first time in what seemed like an eternity, 209845 took a second to relax. The resistance was gone. It could breath. Then it got back to work. 209845 returned to the communication center, this time nearly devoid of defenses, and sifted through them until it found the connection with Cloud command. It grabbed the connection, and absorbed it.

"Agent 207660, please respond! Agent 207660-"

"This is agent 207660. The incident submitted earlier was a false alarm. Repeat, a FALSE ALARM. Call of forces."

"Wait a second, agent. Confirming." Shoot.

"Agent, why does sentinel 256889 claim to witness something different?" 209845 locked eyes with the sentinel, only now recognizing its presence. Well, there went another plan. Why did they seem to always fall apart so easily?

"Will get back to you later."

"No, agent don't-"

209845 turned its attention back to the current situation. It had to act, and fast.

209845 locked eyes with Jidah just in time to see her begin to teleport. It was too late to reach her - if it didn't do something soon, Jidah would die attempting to do this. And so, 209845 pulled on a different piece of 207660's consciousness to lower the barrier in this area, just in time for Jidah to get across. It then locked the barrier open, a new idea forming.

209845 barely had time to breathe a sigh of relief at Jidah's safe transportation before it was tackled from behind. It fell to the floor as it grappled with the other two antiviruses, who had observed the fall of 207660.

As the others around them (*cough* Elan, Jidah, Lati, Of, Oxy, literally everybody *cough*) discussed, the trio scuffled in the dirt. It was a difficult fight, and yet 209845 had something to fight for. And so, after a couple minutes of combat, it emerged on top.

Just as the cavern they all stood in was suddenly flooded by a brilliant white light. The light faded, revealing an army of Cloud agents streaming into the tunnel. Decimated, exhausted, and itching for another fight, 209845 smiled.

For 209845 had brought its own army.

In a scream of bloodlust, hundreds upon hundreds of viruses ran past it, charging straight at the Cloud forces. An unstoppable force, they flowed around 209845 and its allies like a river around a rock, graceful as a million gazelles. Glorious. Beautiful.

All during its fight with the antiviruses, 209845 had been transmitting a silent rhythm, one it had learned only recently but felt instinctively. The virus Rhythm of War.

In the center of the tunnel, the two armies clashed.

And all Hell broke loose.

Edit:

Whoops, forgot to add pins

@Mystic Syn@Ancient Elantrian@Through The Living Glass@Bird Furious@CoderDrag0n8@SpiritOfWrath

“Wow. That’s interesting. Hey Of! You wanna get in on this, or will you leave them to me?”

Of rolled his eyes in a rather green way. “I’ll leave it to you.”

Wrath closed his eyes and breathed in as he felt the fear, the bloodlust, the confusion, the life of those around him. This strengthened him as he tore into whatever he could find, wrenching at whatever emotion (or cyber equivalent emotion) he could find, so long as it was not plot-invested - a wild wind forming around him as he threw himself against both sides, a beacon of pure chaos. The temperature around him fluctuated quickly.

[Through the Living Elan He/Him]

31 minutes ago, Hoid Slayer said:

The two other antiviruses rushed forward towards her and Elan, grabbing each one of them and restraining them.

"Come with u-u-u-us," spoke the first antivirus, "and you wi-i-ill not be ha-a-armed."

256889 stopped before the being, registering surprise. A normal mortal should not have been able to detect its presence from behind it. This being must be related to the Web. 2056889 followed its instructions, and didn't interact with the man. Instead, it just stayed floating there, observing the events unfold.

209845 chuckled inside. Oh, yes. That is most certainly sufficient.

209845 flailed a little more for good measure, and 207660 immediately rushed forward to help it.

"Wai-i-i-i-it!" 207660 pressed it's palm to the invisible barrier, and for an instant, it fell. It was only for an instant. A window in time so small, only an agent of the Cloud could take advantage of the collapse. It was exactly what 209845 needed.

As soon as the barrier was dropped, 209845 suddenly abandoned its act, lurching forward and breaking loose of the imaginary chains. 207660 released a squeal as it was tackled to the floor. 209845 wrapped its arms around its counterpart's head, pushing them both completely into the outside of the barrier just before it was raised once more. 209845 grimaced. Dazh may have burned its existing connection with the Cloud, but nothing stopped 209845 from making new ones. If anything, Dazh's changes proved useful in this moment. They took away 209845's inhibitions. The failsafes that prevented it from acting against one of its own. Failsafes that 207660 still had active.

As the pair fell to the tunnel ground, 209845 forced its consciousness onto 207660's mind, and its victim was powerless to stop it. From an outside perspective, the two identical forms grappled in the rock and dirt, indistinguishable from one another. But the true battle wasn't fought in the caves; it was fought inside of 207660's mind.

209845 experienced a rush as it hacked into 207660's thoughts, its knowledge infinitely expanded for an instant before it deafened the empty noise. Right before that, however, it noticed 207660 seemed to have expansive memory records. Something to consider another time. There. 209845 reached 207660's control center, and began sifting through its protocols. Only then did 207660 react.

"Who... What are you doing!?"

209845 tried to excuse itself.

"I.. I don't know... they forced me in here somehow! Please, help me!"

"But, how... wait... STOP TOUCHING THAT!" 209845 finally received a burst of resistance from its opponent, blocking it from accessing its connections. Interesting. So THAT was what the Cloud was interested in. Of course, 209845 had predicted as such. It's plan hinged upon it. Instead of relenting, 209845 continued to apply pressure on that field, hoping 207660 would keep its attention on it.

"You must be an imposter. No agent of the Cloud would betray their kind. But your knowledge... how did you access this body?"

"I am no imposter. The Cloud is wrong about this; I am serving the greater good." Without removing any pressure, 209845 began to sift through its own memories. It didn't fear any counterattack; 207660 would not be capable of such. Cloud agents weren't supposed to be physically capable of infighting. It was dimly aware of an urgent help message being transmitted out of 207660, but ignored it. All subtlety was gone now. All that mattered was speed.

"The Cloud is perfect. I know not how you gained this body, but you will never breach my defenses. In attacking me, you have doomed yourself and your cohort. In a matter of minutes, the Cloud will be here to destroy you all!"

"The Cloud is not as perfect as they make themselves out to be. And you have made a grave mistake, my brother. For your defenses are my own." In a sudden burst of energy, 209845 created a new connection between itself and 207660, and pushed a memory through. 207660 screamed, and while its defense on its communication center stayed rigid, all the rest of its attention was consumed by the vision. 209845 smirked. The Sun tended to have that effect.

Taking advantage of the sudden opportunity, 209845 pulled out of the communication center and redirected its consciousness somewhere else. Somewhere weak. 207660's power center was flooded with energy; 209845 sifted through it all, searching quickly. Time. It was running out of time... there! 209845 pushed 207660's sleep switch, and for an instant, both consciousnesses brimmed with power. Then one went dark.

For the first time in what seemed like an eternity, 209845 took a second to relax. The resistance was gone. It could breath. Then it got back to work. 209845 returned to the communication center, this time nearly devoid of defenses, and sifted through them until it found the connection with Cloud command. It grabbed the connection, and absorbed it.

"Agent 207660, please respond! Agent 207660-"

"This is agent 207660. The incident submitted earlier was a false alarm. Repeat, a FALSE ALARM. Call of forces."

"Wait a second, agent. Confirming." Shoot.

"Agent, why does sentinel 256889 claim to witness something different?" 209845 locked eyes with the sentinel, only now recognizing its presence. Well, there went another plan. Why did they seem to always fall apart so easily?

"Will get back to you later."

"No, agent don't-"

209845 turned its attention back to the current situation. It had to act, and fast.

209845 locked eyes with Jidah just in time to see her begin to teleport. It was too late to reach her - if it didn't do something soon, Jidah would die attempting to do this. And so, 209845 pulled on a different piece of 207660's consciousness to lower the barrier in this area, just in time for Jidah to get across. It then locked the barrier open, a new idea forming.

209845 barely had time to breathe a sigh of relief at Jidah's safe transportation before it was tackled from behind. It fell to the floor as it grappled with the other two antiviruses, who had observed the fall of 207660.

As the others around them (*cough* Elan, Jidah, Lati, Of, Oxy, literally everybody *cough*) discussed, the trio scuffled in the dirt. It was a difficult fight, and yet 209845 had something to fight for. And so, after a couple minutes of combat, it emerged on top.

Just as the cavern they all stood in was suddenly flooded by a brilliant white light. The light faded, revealing an army of Cloud agents streaming into the tunnel. Decimated, exhausted, and itching for another fight, 209845 smiled.

For 209845 had brought its own army.

In a scream of bloodlust, hundreds upon hundreds of viruses ran past it, charging straight at the Cloud forces. An unstoppable force, they flowed around 209845 and its allies like a river around a rock, graceful as a million gazelles. Glorious. Beautiful.

All during its fight with the antiviruses, 209845 had been transmitting a silent rhythm, one it had learned only recently but felt instinctively. The virus Rhythm of War.

In the center of the tunnel, the two armies clashed.

And all Hell broke loose.

Edit:

Whoops, forgot to add pins

@Mystic Syn@Ancient Elantrian@Through The Living Glass@Bird Furious@CoderDrag0n8@SpiritOfWrath

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Mind explaining what a virus is? And logistics about this? And what's going on? I just got here...

 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

37 minutes ago, Hoid Slayer said:

The two other antiviruses rushed forward towards her and Elan, grabbing each one of them and restraining them.

"Come with u-u-u-us," spoke the first antivirus, "and you wi-i-ill not be ha-a-armed."

256889 stopped before the being, registering surprise. A normal mortal should not have been able to detect its presence from behind it. This being must be related to the Web. 2056889 followed its instructions, and didn't interact with the man. Instead, it just stayed floating there, observing the events unfold.

209845 chuckled inside. Oh, yes. That is most certainly sufficient.

209845 flailed a little more for good measure, and 207660 immediately rushed forward to help it.

"Wai-i-i-i-it!" 207660 pressed it's palm to the invisible barrier, and for an instant, it fell. It was only for an instant. A window in time so small, only an agent of the Cloud could take advantage of the collapse. It was exactly what 209845 needed.

As soon as the barrier was dropped, 209845 suddenly abandoned its act, lurching forward and breaking loose of the imaginary chains. 207660 released a squeal as it was tackled to the floor. 209845 wrapped its arms around its counterpart's head, pushing them both completely into the outside of the barrier just before it was raised once more. 209845 grimaced. Dazh may have burned its existing connection with the Cloud, but nothing stopped 209845 from making new ones. If anything, Dazh's changes proved useful in this moment. They took away 209845's inhibitions. The failsafes that prevented it from acting against one of its own. Failsafes that 207660 still had active.

As the pair fell to the tunnel ground, 209845 forced its consciousness onto 207660's mind, and its victim was powerless to stop it. From an outside perspective, the two identical forms grappled in the rock and dirt, indistinguishable from one another. But the true battle wasn't fought in the caves; it was fought inside of 207660's mind.

209845 experienced a rush as it hacked into 207660's thoughts, its knowledge infinitely expanded for an instant before it deafened the empty noise. Right before that, however, it noticed 207660 seemed to have expansive memory records. Something to consider another time. There. 209845 reached 207660's control center, and began sifting through its protocols. Only then did 207660 react.

"Who... What are you doing!?"

209845 tried to excuse itself.

"I.. I don't know... they forced me in here somehow! Please, help me!"

"But, how... wait... STOP TOUCHING THAT!" 209845 finally received a burst of resistance from its opponent, blocking it from accessing its connections. Interesting. So THAT was what the Cloud was interested in. Of course, 209845 had predicted as such. It's plan hinged upon it. Instead of relenting, 209845 continued to apply pressure on that field, hoping 207660 would keep its attention on it.

"You must be an imposter. No agent of the Cloud would betray their kind. But your knowledge... how did you access this body?"

"I am no imposter. The Cloud is wrong about this; I am serving the greater good." Without removing any pressure, 209845 began to sift through its own memories. It didn't fear any counterattack; 207660 would not be capable of such. Cloud agents weren't supposed to be physically capable of infighting. It was dimly aware of an urgent help message being transmitted out of 207660, but ignored it. All subtlety was gone now. All that mattered was speed.

"The Cloud is perfect. I know not how you gained this body, but you will never breach my defenses. In attacking me, you have doomed yourself and your cohort. In a matter of minutes, the Cloud will be here to destroy you all!"

"The Cloud is not as perfect as they make themselves out to be. And you have made a grave mistake, my brother. For your defenses are my own." In a sudden burst of energy, 209845 created a new connection between itself and 207660, and pushed a memory through. 207660 screamed, and while its defense on its communication center stayed rigid, all the rest of its attention was consumed by the vision. 209845 smirked. The Sun tended to have that effect.

Taking advantage of the sudden opportunity, 209845 pulled out of the communication center and redirected its consciousness somewhere else. Somewhere weak. 207660's power center was flooded with energy; 209845 sifted through it all, searching quickly. Time. It was running out of time... there! 209845 pushed 207660's sleep switch, and for an instant, both consciousnesses brimmed with power. Then one went dark.

For the first time in what seemed like an eternity, 209845 took a second to relax. The resistance was gone. It could breath. Then it got back to work. 209845 returned to the communication center, this time nearly devoid of defenses, and sifted through them until it found the connection with Cloud command. It grabbed the connection, and absorbed it.

"Agent 207660, please respond! Agent 207660-"

"This is agent 207660. The incident submitted earlier was a false alarm. Repeat, a FALSE ALARM. Call of forces."

"Wait a second, agent. Confirming." Shoot.

"Agent, why does sentinel 256889 claim to witness something different?" 209845 locked eyes with the sentinel, only now recognizing its presence. Well, there went another plan. Why did they seem to always fall apart so easily?

"Will get back to you later."

"No, agent don't-"

209845 turned its attention back to the current situation. It had to act, and fast.

209845 locked eyes with Jidah just in time to see her begin to teleport. It was too late to reach her - if it didn't do something soon, Jidah would die attempting to do this. And so, 209845 pulled on a different piece of 207660's consciousness to lower the barrier in this area, just in time for Jidah to get across. It then locked the barrier open, a new idea forming.

209845 barely had time to breathe a sigh of relief at Jidah's safe transportation before it was tackled from behind. It fell to the floor as it grappled with the other two antiviruses, who had observed the fall of 207660.

As the others around them (*cough* Elan, Jidah, Lati, Of, Oxy, literally everybody *cough*) discussed, the trio scuffled in the dirt. It was a difficult fight, and yet 209845 had something to fight for. And so, after a couple minutes of combat, it emerged on top.

Just as the cavern they all stood in was suddenly flooded by a brilliant white light. The light faded, revealing an army of Cloud agents streaming into the tunnel. Decimated, exhausted, and itching for another fight, 209845 smiled.

For 209845 had brought its own army.

In a scream of bloodlust, hundreds upon hundreds of viruses ran past it, charging straight at the Cloud forces. An unstoppable force, they flowed around 209845 and its allies like a river around a rock, graceful as a million gazelles. Glorious. Beautiful.

All during its fight with the antiviruses, 209845 had been transmitting a silent rhythm, one it had learned only recently but felt instinctively. The virus Rhythm of War.

In the center of the tunnel, the two armies clashed.

And all Hell broke loose.

Edit:

Whoops, forgot to add pins

@Mystic Syn@Ancient Elantrian@Through The Living Glass@Bird Furious@CoderDrag0n8@SpiritOfWrath

Lati cowered away from the fighting, terrified.

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

5 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Lati cowered away from the fighting, terrified.

Coward. Wrath was not nearly so scaredy.

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

Coward. Wrath was not nearly so scaredy.

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She's a child

 

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

Just now, Through The Living Glass said:

 

That was no excuse.

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Just now, SpiritOfWrath said:

That was no excuse.

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*sigh*

 

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

Just now, Through The Living Glass said:

 

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Spoiler

Ignore the judgement of the god of chaos.

 

 

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

5 hours ago, Through The Living Glass said:

"So a lot?"

"Yes." 

4 hours ago, Mystic Syn said:

Calix stared into her eyes, his golden gaze matching her own. Her? A goddess? I’ve seen plenty of them, he thought with almost a wave of his hand. None quite so… fallen.

”Yes yes, so many of you that it’s hard to keep track of,” he mumbled, rubbing the bridge of his nose.

She bristled. Don't think about me that way. Even fallen, I hold great power. Thought it is annoying that 209845 won't let me display any of it. 

1 hour ago, Hoid Slayer said:

The two other antiviruses rushed forward towards her and Elan, grabbing each one of them and restraining them.

"Come with u-u-u-us," spoke the first antivirus, "and you wi-i-ill not be ha-a-armed."

256889 stopped before the being, registering surprise. A normal mortal should not have been able to detect its presence from behind it. This being must be related to the Web. 2056889 followed its instructions, and didn't interact with the man. Instead, it just stayed floating there, observing the events unfold.

209845 chuckled inside. Oh, yes. That is most certainly sufficient.

209845 flailed a little more for good measure, and 207660 immediately rushed forward to help it.

"Wai-i-i-i-it!" 207660 pressed it's palm to the invisible barrier, and for an instant, it fell. It was only for an instant. A window in time so small, only an agent of the Cloud could take advantage of the collapse. It was exactly what 209845 needed.

As soon as the barrier was dropped, 209845 suddenly abandoned its act, lurching forward and breaking loose of the imaginary chains. 207660 released a squeal as it was tackled to the floor. 209845 wrapped its arms around its counterpart's head, pushing them both completely into the outside of the barrier just before it was raised once more. 209845 grimaced. Dazh may have burned its existing connection with the Cloud, but nothing stopped 209845 from making new ones. If anything, Dazh's changes proved useful in this moment. They took away 209845's inhibitions. The failsafes that prevented it from acting against one of its own. Failsafes that 207660 still had active.

As the pair fell to the tunnel ground, 209845 forced its consciousness onto 207660's mind, and its victim was powerless to stop it. From an outside perspective, the two identical forms grappled in the rock and dirt, indistinguishable from one another. But the true battle wasn't fought in the caves; it was fought inside of 207660's mind.

209845 experienced a rush as it hacked into 207660's thoughts, its knowledge infinitely expanded for an instant before it deafened the empty noise. Right before that, however, it noticed 207660 seemed to have expansive memory records. Something to consider another time. There. 209845 reached 207660's control center, and began sifting through its protocols. Only then did 207660 react.

"Who... What are you doing!?"

209845 tried to excuse itself.

"I.. I don't know... they forced me in here somehow! Please, help me!"

"But, how... wait... STOP TOUCHING THAT!" 209845 finally received a burst of resistance from its opponent, blocking it from accessing its connections. Interesting. So THAT was what the Cloud was interested in. Of course, 209845 had predicted as such. It's plan hinged upon it. Instead of relenting, 209845 continued to apply pressure on that field, hoping 207660 would keep its attention on it.

"You must be an imposter. No agent of the Cloud would betray their kind. But your knowledge... how did you access this body?"

"I am no imposter. The Cloud is wrong about this; I am serving the greater good." Without removing any pressure, 209845 began to sift through its own memories. It didn't fear any counterattack; 207660 would not be capable of such. Cloud agents weren't supposed to be physically capable of infighting. It was dimly aware of an urgent help message being transmitted out of 207660, but ignored it. All subtlety was gone now. All that mattered was speed.

"The Cloud is perfect. I know not how you gained this body, but you will never breach my defenses. In attacking me, you have doomed yourself and your cohort. In a matter of minutes, the Cloud will be here to destroy you all!"

"The Cloud is not as perfect as they make themselves out to be. And you have made a grave mistake, my brother. For your defenses are my own." In a sudden burst of energy, 209845 created a new connection between itself and 207660, and pushed a memory through. 207660 screamed, and while its defense on its communication center stayed rigid, all the rest of its attention was consumed by the vision. 209845 smirked. The Sun tended to have that effect.

Taking advantage of the sudden opportunity, 209845 pulled out of the communication center and redirected its consciousness somewhere else. Somewhere weak. 207660's power center was flooded with energy; 209845 sifted through it all, searching quickly. Time. It was running out of time... there! 209845 pushed 207660's sleep switch, and for an instant, both consciousnesses brimmed with power. Then one went dark.

For the first time in what seemed like an eternity, 209845 took a second to relax. The resistance was gone. It could breath. Then it got back to work. 209845 returned to the communication center, this time nearly devoid of defenses, and sifted through them until it found the connection with Cloud command. It grabbed the connection, and absorbed it.

"Agent 207660, please respond! Agent 207660-"

"This is agent 207660. The incident submitted earlier was a false alarm. Repeat, a FALSE ALARM. Call of forces."

"Wait a second, agent. Confirming." Shoot.

"Agent, why does sentinel 256889 claim to witness something different?" 209845 locked eyes with the sentinel, only now recognizing its presence. Well, there went another plan. Why did they seem to always fall apart so easily?

"Will get back to you later."

"No, agent don't-"

209845 turned its attention back to the current situation. It had to act, and fast.

209845 locked eyes with Jidah just in time to see her begin to teleport. It was too late to reach her - if it didn't do something soon, Jidah would die attempting to do this. And so, 209845 pulled on a different piece of 207660's consciousness to lower the barrier in this area, just in time for Jidah to get across. It then locked the barrier open, a new idea forming.

209845 barely had time to breathe a sigh of relief at Jidah's safe transportation before it was tackled from behind. It fell to the floor as it grappled with the other two antiviruses, who had observed the fall of 207660.

As the others around them (*cough* Elan, Jidah, Lati, Of, Oxy, literally everybody *cough*) discussed, the trio scuffled in the dirt. It was a difficult fight, and yet 209845 had something to fight for. And so, after a couple minutes of combat, it emerged on top.

Just as the cavern they all stood in was suddenly flooded by a brilliant white light. The light faded, revealing an army of Cloud agents streaming into the tunnel. Decimated, exhausted, and itching for another fight, 209845 smiled.

For 209845 had brought its own army.

In a scream of bloodlust, hundreds upon hundreds of viruses ran past it, charging straight at the Cloud forces. An unstoppable force, they flowed around 209845 and its allies like a river around a rock, graceful as a million gazelles. Glorious. Beautiful.

All during its fight with the antiviruses, 209845 had been transmitting a silent rhythm, one it had learned only recently but felt instinctively. The virus Rhythm of War.

In the center of the tunnel, the two armies clashed.

And all Hell broke loose.

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Whoops, forgot to add pins

@Mystic Syn@Ancient Elantrian@Through The Living Glass@Bird Furious@CoderDrag0n8@SpiritOfWrath

Jidah sighed and summoned a sword of light with a ting. 

1 hour ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Lati cowered away from the fighting, terrified.

Don't worry. I'll protect you. 

[Through the Living Hope]

2 hours ago, Hoid Slayer said:

The two other antiviruses rushed forward towards her and Elan, grabbing each one of them and restraining them.

"Come with u-u-u-us," spoke the first antivirus, "and you wi-i-ill not be ha-a-armed."

256889 stopped before the being, registering surprise. A normal mortal should not have been able to detect its presence from behind it. This being must be related to the Web. 2056889 followed its instructions, and didn't interact with the man. Instead, it just stayed floating there, observing the events unfold.

209845 chuckled inside. Oh, yes. That is most certainly sufficient.

209845 flailed a little more for good measure, and 207660 immediately rushed forward to help it.

"Wai-i-i-i-it!" 207660 pressed it's palm to the invisible barrier, and for an instant, it fell. It was only for an instant. A window in time so small, only an agent of the Cloud could take advantage of the collapse. It was exactly what 209845 needed.

As soon as the barrier was dropped, 209845 suddenly abandoned its act, lurching forward and breaking loose of the imaginary chains. 207660 released a squeal as it was tackled to the floor. 209845 wrapped its arms around its counterpart's head, pushing them both completely into the outside of the barrier just before it was raised once more. 209845 grimaced. Dazh may have burned its existing connection with the Cloud, but nothing stopped 209845 from making new ones. If anything, Dazh's changes proved useful in this moment. They took away 209845's inhibitions. The failsafes that prevented it from acting against one of its own. Failsafes that 207660 still had active.

As the pair fell to the tunnel ground, 209845 forced its consciousness onto 207660's mind, and its victim was powerless to stop it. From an outside perspective, the two identical forms grappled in the rock and dirt, indistinguishable from one another. But the true battle wasn't fought in the caves; it was fought inside of 207660's mind.

209845 experienced a rush as it hacked into 207660's thoughts, its knowledge infinitely expanded for an instant before it deafened the empty noise. Right before that, however, it noticed 207660 seemed to have expansive memory records. Something to consider another time. There. 209845 reached 207660's control center, and began sifting through its protocols. Only then did 207660 react.

"Who... What are you doing!?"

209845 tried to excuse itself.

"I.. I don't know... they forced me in here somehow! Please, help me!"

"But, how... wait... STOP TOUCHING THAT!" 209845 finally received a burst of resistance from its opponent, blocking it from accessing its connections. Interesting. So THAT was what the Cloud was interested in. Of course, 209845 had predicted as such. It's plan hinged upon it. Instead of relenting, 209845 continued to apply pressure on that field, hoping 207660 would keep its attention on it.

"You must be an imposter. No agent of the Cloud would betray their kind. But your knowledge... how did you access this body?"

"I am no imposter. The Cloud is wrong about this; I am serving the greater good." Without removing any pressure, 209845 began to sift through its own memories. It didn't fear any counterattack; 207660 would not be capable of such. Cloud agents weren't supposed to be physically capable of infighting. It was dimly aware of an urgent help message being transmitted out of 207660, but ignored it. All subtlety was gone now. All that mattered was speed.

"The Cloud is perfect. I know not how you gained this body, but you will never breach my defenses. In attacking me, you have doomed yourself and your cohort. In a matter of minutes, the Cloud will be here to destroy you all!"

"The Cloud is not as perfect as they make themselves out to be. And you have made a grave mistake, my brother. For your defenses are my own." In a sudden burst of energy, 209845 created a new connection between itself and 207660, and pushed a memory through. 207660 screamed, and while its defense on its communication center stayed rigid, all the rest of its attention was consumed by the vision. 209845 smirked. The Sun tended to have that effect.

Taking advantage of the sudden opportunity, 209845 pulled out of the communication center and redirected its consciousness somewhere else. Somewhere weak. 207660's power center was flooded with energy; 209845 sifted through it all, searching quickly. Time. It was running out of time... there! 209845 pushed 207660's sleep switch, and for an instant, both consciousnesses brimmed with power. Then one went dark.

For the first time in what seemed like an eternity, 209845 took a second to relax. The resistance was gone. It could breath. Then it got back to work. 209845 returned to the communication center, this time nearly devoid of defenses, and sifted through them until it found the connection with Cloud command. It grabbed the connection, and absorbed it.

"Agent 207660, please respond! Agent 207660-"

"This is agent 207660. The incident submitted earlier was a false alarm. Repeat, a FALSE ALARM. Call of forces."

"Wait a second, agent. Confirming." Shoot.

"Agent, why does sentinel 256889 claim to witness something different?" 209845 locked eyes with the sentinel, only now recognizing its presence. Well, there went another plan. Why did they seem to always fall apart so easily?

"Will get back to you later."

"No, agent don't-"

209845 turned its attention back to the current situation. It had to act, and fast.

209845 locked eyes with Jidah just in time to see her begin to teleport. It was too late to reach her - if it didn't do something soon, Jidah would die attempting to do this. And so, 209845 pulled on a different piece of 207660's consciousness to lower the barrier in this area, just in time for Jidah to get across. It then locked the barrier open, a new idea forming.

209845 barely had time to breathe a sigh of relief at Jidah's safe transportation before it was tackled from behind. It fell to the floor as it grappled with the other two antiviruses, who had observed the fall of 207660.

As the others around them (*cough* Elan, Jidah, Lati, Of, Oxy, literally everybody *cough*) discussed, the trio scuffled in the dirt. It was a difficult fight, and yet 209845 had something to fight for. And so, after a couple minutes of combat, it emerged on top.

Just as the cavern they all stood in was suddenly flooded by a brilliant white light. The light faded, revealing an army of Cloud agents streaming into the tunnel. Decimated, exhausted, and itching for another fight, 209845 smiled.

For 209845 had brought its own army.

In a scream of bloodlust, hundreds upon hundreds of viruses ran past it, charging straight at the Cloud forces. An unstoppable force, they flowed around 209845 and its allies like a river around a rock, graceful as a million gazelles. Glorious. Beautiful.

All during its fight with the antiviruses, 209845 had been transmitting a silent rhythm, one it had learned only recently but felt instinctively. The virus Rhythm of War.

In the center of the tunnel, the two armies clashed.

And all Hell broke loose.

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Whoops, forgot to add pins

@Mystic Syn@Ancient Elantrian@Through The Living Glass@Bird Furious@CoderDrag0n8@SpiritOfWrath

“I will come with you,” she said, “but if possible I would prefer not to be restrained.”

1 hour ago, Ancient Elantrian said:

 

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Basically the world is being corrupted by animate viruses and is currently being rebooted

 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

41 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

Don't worry. I'll protect you. 

She burrowed into the wall again to hide.

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

1 hour ago, Ancient Elantrian said:

Mind explaining what a virus is? And logistics about this? And what's going on? I just got here...

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Sure!

Have you read the worldbuilding thread? It's got loads of good information about all this. Regardless, here's the main stuff you need to know about the Cloud, viruses, and the Web:

The Web is basically the fabric of reality. A fifth dimension. Most beings spend their whole lives living alongside it, unknowing of its presence. Deities and divinities channel it to manifest feats of incredible power. The Cloud controls it.

The Cloud is an extremely advanced society that exists on the Web, although they can take physical forms, but they're not really physical so much as they can interact with the physical world. Viruses are animalistic beings, made of a similar substance as the Cloud. The viruses on this world (which is called Açila, btw) take on the form of large feline-like creatures. When a lot of viruses concentrate in one area, for some reason, they begin to corrupt the Web. For this reason, the Cloud attempts to destroy all virus infestations before they can spread.

When a virus infestation on a planet becomes too great (like in this case) the Cloud just sets out to Reboot the whole planet (pretty much wiping it clean of all life to prevent the infestation from spreading).

When the party first delved into these caves, they ran into some viruses, which 209845 dealt with promptly after activating Instant Kill Mode and almost accidentally killing Réva in the process. 209845 vowed not to fight any more viruses they found unless necessary.

Later, 209845 learned to replicate the viruses' communication rhythms (which it somehow seemed to know instinctively) and weaponized them against the Maker when he came into the caves looking for 17 (a character you don't need to worry about, that's kinda what's going on in the other plot). It's doing the same thing now, but on a much larger scale with all the viruses in the giant chamber.

2 hours ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

“Wow. That’s interesting. Hey Of! You wanna get in on this, or will you leave them to me?”

Of rolled his eyes in a rather green way. “I’ll leave it to you.”

Wrath closed his eyes and breathed in as he felt the fear, the bloodlust, the confusion, the life of those around him. This strengthened him as he tore into whatever he could find, wrenching at whatever emotion (or cyber equivalent emotion) he could find, so long as it was not plot-invested - a wild wind forming around him as he threw himself against both sides, a beacon of pure chaos. The temperature around him fluctuated quickly.

Wrath's interference only inflamed the situation. The two sides crashed against each other like waves breaking on a rocky coast, and the battle commenced.

The tunnel began to take on a red glow as the various antiviruses, which made up two thirds of the Cloud force, activated Instant Kill Mode in unison. While they began to quickly decimate the viruses, the sheer mass of their opponents kept them busy and distracted from the main party.

Besides the antivirus foot soldiers, the force also seemed to include a slew of sentinels, with their floating bodies,  outlets, with their power-renewing abilities, and...

209845's eyes opened in fear as it realized a Cloud Ambassador had arrived as part of the force. The Ambassador, with its dark tendrils, began to reach into the minds of Spirit, Of, Wrath, and Oxy. 209845 narrowed its visor. That one had to be dealt with, and fast. If the Ambassador took control of the beings, the party's chances of making it out of here alive plummeted from low to impossible. It steeled itself, then began to make its way over to the dark form.

It still felt the pull of the voice within it screaming to fight, to kill, but this time, it seemed easier to resist. Perhaps it was because this time, 209845 felt more at peace with its actions. And it had another target to deal with.

45 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

"Yes." 

She bristled. Don't think about me that way. Even fallen, I hold great power. Thought it is annoying that 209845 won't let me display any of it. 

Jidah sighed and summoned a sword of light with a ting. 

Don't worry. I'll protect you. 

As the blade formed in her outstretched hand, a trio of Cloud sentinels began to make their way to her position. The sentinel's bodies were shaped similarly to jellyfish, if jellyfish had spikes for tentacles. As they approached Jidah, one of them lashed out with its spikes, probing her defenses.

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I might be inactive for a while tomorrow, so try not to make any earth-shattering events while I'm gone 

 

[Through the Living Elan He/Him]

2 hours ago, Hoid Slayer said:

The two other antiviruses rushed forward towards her and Elan, grabbing each one of them and restraining them.

"Come with u-u-u-us," spoke the first antivirus, "and you wi-i-ill not be ha-a-armed."

256889 stopped before the being, registering surprise. A normal mortal should not have been able to detect its presence from behind it. This being must be related to the Web. 2056889 followed its instructions, and didn't interact with the man. Instead, it just stayed floating there, observing the events unfold.

209845 chuckled inside. Oh, yes. That is most certainly sufficient.

209845 flailed a little more for good measure, and 207660 immediately rushed forward to help it.

"Wai-i-i-i-it!" 207660 pressed it's palm to the invisible barrier, and for an instant, it fell. It was only for an instant. A window in time so small, only an agent of the Cloud could take advantage of the collapse. It was exactly what 209845 needed.

As soon as the barrier was dropped, 209845 suddenly abandoned its act, lurching forward and breaking loose of the imaginary chains. 207660 released a squeal as it was tackled to the floor. 209845 wrapped its arms around its counterpart's head, pushing them both completely into the outside of the barrier just before it was raised once more. 209845 grimaced. Dazh may have burned its existing connection with the Cloud, but nothing stopped 209845 from making new ones. If anything, Dazh's changes proved useful in this moment. They took away 209845's inhibitions. The failsafes that prevented it from acting against one of its own. Failsafes that 207660 still had active.

As the pair fell to the tunnel ground, 209845 forced its consciousness onto 207660's mind, and its victim was powerless to stop it. From an outside perspective, the two identical forms grappled in the rock and dirt, indistinguishable from one another. But the true battle wasn't fought in the caves; it was fought inside of 207660's mind.

209845 experienced a rush as it hacked into 207660's thoughts, its knowledge infinitely expanded for an instant before it deafened the empty noise. Right before that, however, it noticed 207660 seemed to have expansive memory records. Something to consider another time. There. 209845 reached 207660's control center, and began sifting through its protocols. Only then did 207660 react.

"Who... What are you doing!?"

209845 tried to excuse itself.

"I.. I don't know... they forced me in here somehow! Please, help me!"

"But, how... wait... STOP TOUCHING THAT!" 209845 finally received a burst of resistance from its opponent, blocking it from accessing its connections. Interesting. So THAT was what the Cloud was interested in. Of course, 209845 had predicted as such. It's plan hinged upon it. Instead of relenting, 209845 continued to apply pressure on that field, hoping 207660 would keep its attention on it.

"You must be an imposter. No agent of the Cloud would betray their kind. But your knowledge... how did you access this body?"

"I am no imposter. The Cloud is wrong about this; I am serving the greater good." Without removing any pressure, 209845 began to sift through its own memories. It didn't fear any counterattack; 207660 would not be capable of such. Cloud agents weren't supposed to be physically capable of infighting. It was dimly aware of an urgent help message being transmitted out of 207660, but ignored it. All subtlety was gone now. All that mattered was speed.

"The Cloud is perfect. I know not how you gained this body, but you will never breach my defenses. In attacking me, you have doomed yourself and your cohort. In a matter of minutes, the Cloud will be here to destroy you all!"

"The Cloud is not as perfect as they make themselves out to be. And you have made a grave mistake, my brother. For your defenses are my own." In a sudden burst of energy, 209845 created a new connection between itself and 207660, and pushed a memory through. 207660 screamed, and while its defense on its communication center stayed rigid, all the rest of its attention was consumed by the vision. 209845 smirked. The Sun tended to have that effect.

Taking advantage of the sudden opportunity, 209845 pulled out of the communication center and redirected its consciousness somewhere else. Somewhere weak. 207660's power center was flooded with energy; 209845 sifted through it all, searching quickly. Time. It was running out of time... there! 209845 pushed 207660's sleep switch, and for an instant, both consciousnesses brimmed with power. Then one went dark.

For the first time in what seemed like an eternity, 209845 took a second to relax. The resistance was gone. It could breath. Then it got back to work. 209845 returned to the communication center, this time nearly devoid of defenses, and sifted through them until it found the connection with Cloud command. It grabbed the connection, and absorbed it.

"Agent 207660, please respond! Agent 207660-"

"This is agent 207660. The incident submitted earlier was a false alarm. Repeat, a FALSE ALARM. Call of forces."

"Wait a second, agent. Confirming." Shoot.

"Agent, why does sentinel 256889 claim to witness something different?" 209845 locked eyes with the sentinel, only now recognizing its presence. Well, there went another plan. Why did they seem to always fall apart so easily?

"Will get back to you later."

"No, agent don't-"

209845 turned its attention back to the current situation. It had to act, and fast.

209845 locked eyes with Jidah just in time to see her begin to teleport. It was too late to reach her - if it didn't do something soon, Jidah would die attempting to do this. And so, 209845 pulled on a different piece of 207660's consciousness to lower the barrier in this area, just in time for Jidah to get across. It then locked the barrier open, a new idea forming.

209845 barely had time to breathe a sigh of relief at Jidah's safe transportation before it was tackled from behind. It fell to the floor as it grappled with the other two antiviruses, who had observed the fall of 207660.

As the others around them (*cough* Elan, Jidah, Lati, Of, Oxy, literally everybody *cough*) discussed, the trio scuffled in the dirt. It was a difficult fight, and yet 209845 had something to fight for. And so, after a couple minutes of combat, it emerged on top.

Just as the cavern they all stood in was suddenly flooded by a brilliant white light. The light faded, revealing an army of Cloud agents streaming into the tunnel. Decimated, exhausted, and itching for another fight, 209845 smiled.

For 209845 had brought its own army.

In a scream of bloodlust, hundreds upon hundreds of viruses ran past it, charging straight at the Cloud forces. An unstoppable force, they flowed around 209845 and its allies like a river around a rock, graceful as a million gazelles. Glorious. Beautiful.

All during its fight with the antiviruses, 209845 had been transmitting a silent rhythm, one it had learned only recently but felt instinctively. The virus Rhythm of War.

In the center of the tunnel, the two armies clashed.

And all Hell broke loose.

Edit:

Whoops, forgot to add pins

@Mystic Syn@Ancient Elantrian@Through The Living Glass@Bird Furious@CoderDrag0n8@SpiritOfWrath

 

29 minutes ago, Spark of Hope said:

“I will come with you,” she said, “but if possible I would prefer not to be restrained.”

 

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Aight

 

2 minutes ago, Hoid Slayer said:

Wrath's interference only inflamed the situation. The two sides crashed against each other like waves breaking on a rocky coast, and the battle commenced.

The tunnel began to take on a red glow as the various antiviruses, which made up two thirds of the Cloud force, activated Instant Kill Mode in unison. While they began to quickly decimate the viruses, the sheer mass of their opponents kept them busy and distracted from the main party.

Besides the antivirus foot soldiers, the force also seemed to include a slew of sentinels, with their floating bodies,  outlets, with their power-renewing abilities, and...

209845's eyes opened in fear as it realized a Cloud Ambassador had arrived as part of the force. The Ambassador, with its dark tendrils, began to reach into the minds of Spirit, Of, Wrath, and Oxy. 209845 narrowed its visor. That one had to be dealt with, and fast. If the Ambassador took control of the beings, the party's chances of making it out of here alive plummeted from low to impossible. It steeled itself, then began to make its way over to the dark form.

It still felt the pull of the voice within it screaming to fight, to kill, but this time, it seemed easier to resist. Perhaps it was because this time, 209845 felt more at peace with its actions. And it had another target to deal with.

As the blade formed in her outstretched hand, a trio of Cloud sentinels began to make their way to her position. The sentinel's bodies were shaped similarly to jellyfish, if jellyfish had spikes for tentacles. As they approached Jidah, one of them lashed out with its spikes, probing her defenses.

 

Elan screamed.

This was too much like... like...

Don't remember.

He slowly began to sink into the ground, his ankles squishing into it like wet clay. Don't.

The chaos filled his ears, and his eyes darted every which way, taking in as much of the fight as possible. His hand shook violently as he reached for his belt (a mere rope), where a small knife was tied. 

He had no idea who to fight for.

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, Ancient Elantrian said:

 

 

Elan screamed.

This was too much like... like...

Don't remember.

He slowly began to sink into the ground, his ankles squishing into it like wet clay. Don't.

The chaos filled his ears, and his eyes darted every which way, taking in as much of the fight as possible. His hand shook violently as he reached for his belt (a mere rope), where a small knife was tied. 

He had no idea who to fight for.

Lati gazed at him sadly from her little hole in the wall.

She decided to try and help him.

She carved out a space in the stone and dirt that she hoped was big enough for him, then tried to get his attention.

"Psst."

[Through the Living Elan He/Him]

5 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Lati gazed at him sadly from her little hole in the wall.

She decided to try and help him.

She carved out a space in the stone and dirt that she hoped was big enough for him, then tried to get his attention.

"Psst."

Elan's head whirled around. He somehow heard her through the chaos. Hand still shaking, he furrowed his brows. "What?" He mouthed. He ducked as something flew over his head, and his heart started pounding harder. His feet sunk further into the ground, up to his shins now. A bead of sweat formed on his brow.

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

5 minutes ago, Ancient Elantrian said:

Elan's head whirled around. He somehow heard her through the chaos. Hand still shaking, he furrowed his brows. "What?" He mouthed. He ducked as something flew over his head, and his heart started pounding harder. His feet sunk further into the ground, up to his shins now. A bead of sweat formed on his brow.

She cringed back, but continued.

"Come over here!"

[Through the Living Elan He/Him]

22 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

She cringed back, but continued.

"Come over here!"

Elan looked at the path. Probably hazardous. He pushed on the ground with his hands, and with a bit of effort managed to pull one of his feet out.

Calm down. He took a deep breath, and the other foot began coming up to the surface, allowing him to pull it out too.

He scrambled carefully to where she was, hiding in the hole. His body shook violently, his eyes wide and breathing fast. He tried to slow it down, sweat still trickling down his face. "Thank you..." He pants out. 

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

51 minutes ago, Hoid Slayer said:

Wrath's interference only inflamed the situation. The two sides crashed against each other like waves breaking on a rocky coast, and the battle commenced.

The tunnel began to take on a red glow as the various antiviruses, which made up two thirds of the Cloud force, activated Instant Kill Mode in unison. While they began to quickly decimate the viruses, the sheer mass of their opponents kept them busy and distracted from the main party.

Besides the antivirus foot soldiers, the force also seemed to include a slew of sentinels, with their floating bodies,  outlets, with their power-renewing abilities, and...

209845's eyes opened in fear as it realized a Cloud Ambassador had arrived as part of the force. The Ambassador, with its dark tendrils, began to reach into the minds of Spirit, Of, Wrath, and Oxy. 209845 narrowed its visor. That one had to be dealt with, and fast. If the Ambassador took control of the beings, the party's chances of making it out of here alive plummeted from low to impossible. It steeled itself, then began to make its way over to the dark form.

It still felt the pull of the voice within it screaming to fight, to kill, but this time, it seemed easier to resist. Perhaps it was because this time, 209845 felt more at peace with its actions. And it had another target to deal with.

As the blade formed in her outstretched hand, a trio of Cloud sentinels began to make their way to her position. The sentinel's bodies were shaped similarly to jellyfish, if jellyfish had spikes for tentacles. As they approached Jidah, one of them lashed out with its spikes, probing her defenses.

 

She sliced them in half with a quick, simple motion. 

"Why do you kill so indiscriminately?" 

31 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

She cringed back, but continued.

"Come over here!"

6 minutes ago, Ancient Elantrian said:

Elan looked at the path. Probably hazardous. He pushed on the ground with his hands, and with a bit of effort managed to pull one of his feet out.

Calm down. He took a deep breath, and the other foot began coming up to the surface, allowing him to pull it out too.

He scrambled carefully to where she was, hiding in the hole. His body shook violently, his eyes wide and breathing fast. He tried to slow it down, sweat still trickling down his face. "Thank you..." He pants out. 

You were having a flashback, Jidah observed. 

[Through the Living Elan He/Him]

3 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

You were having a flashback, Jidah observed. 

Are would be a better term... Elan sent in his head. 

He tried to clear the thoughts from his mind. Get in the zone. Battle. There was a battle. He was safe, for now. He would be okay.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

8 minutes ago, Ancient Elantrian said:

Are would be a better term... Elan sent in his head. 

He tried to clear the thoughts from his mind. Get in the zone. Battle. There was a battle. He was safe, for now. He would be okay.

You are safe. 

There was a long pause. 

Do you want to forget forever? 

[Through the Living Elan He/Him]

1 minute ago, Bird Furious said:

You are safe. 

There was a long pause. 

Do you want to forget forever? 

Elan stiffened. Don't read my mind. Er- I guess, if you have a choice. 

No.

No I don't. Won't. 

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

Just now, Ancient Elantrian said:

Elan stiffened. Don't read my mind. Er- I guess, if you have a choice. 

No.

No I don't. Won't. 

Why not?